WVC 5-11-2
§5-11-2. Declaration of policy.
It is the public policy of the state of West Virginia to
provide all of its citizens equal opportunity for employment, equal
access to places of public accommodations, and equal opportunity in
the sale, purchase, lease, rental and financing of housing
accommodations or real property. Equal opportunity in the areas of
employment and public accommodations is hereby declared to be a
human right or civil right of all persons without regard to race,
religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness or
disability. Equal opportunity in housing accommodations or real
property is hereby declared to be a human right or civil right of
all persons without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, ancestry, sex, blindness, disability or familial status.

The denial of these rights to properly qualified persons by
reason of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex,
age, blindness, disability or familial status is contrary to the
principles of freedom and equality of opportunity and is
destructive to a free and democratic society.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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